Quotes from Paulo Coelho

If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself. And if you do not know yourself, you will begin to fear the void.

Loco es quien vive en un mundo propio

You see, during my pilgrimage it became increasingly apparent that I wasn't happy and I had to do something about it - stop making excuses. I realized that you don't have to jump through a series of complicated hoops to achieve a goal. You can just look at a mountain and get a connection with God; you don't have to understand the mountain to feel that.

The unavoidable has touched the life of every human being on the face of the earth. Some have rebounded, others have given up--but all of us have felt the wings of tragedy brushing against us.

Do no be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronger than you; it is not winning or losing a single battle that matters, but how the war ends.

and that happiness could be found in a grain of sand from the desert, as the alchemist had said. Because a grain of sand is a moment of creation, and the universe has taken millions of years to create it.

MutluluÄŸun aÅŸk olduÄŸunu söylüyorlar.oysa aÅŸk mutluluk getirmez, hiçbir zaman da getirmemiÅŸtir. Tam tersine, sürekli bir kayg? durumudur aÅŸk, bir savaÅŸ meydan?d?r; kendi kendimize sürekli olarak acaba doÄŸru mu yap?yorum diye sorduÄŸumuz uykusuz gecelerdir.

Anyone who's loved has more love to give.

Kiedy si? czego? mocno pragnie, to ca?y Wszech?wiat dzia?a potajemnie na nasz? korzy??.

At that point in their lives, everything is clear an everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But , as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.

Why exactly do you go to yoga classes? You're such a calm, well-balanced person, and a woman who knows what she wants. Aren't you wasting your time?" My heart starts beating again. I don't answer. I simply smile and stroke his face.

Losing a battle or losing everything we thought we possessed will bring us moments of sadness, but when those moments pass, we will discover the hidden strength that exists in each of us, a strength that will surprise us and increase our self-respect.

I only know that a life without cause is a life without effect.

He should know that the great aim of every human being is to understand the meaning of total love. Love is not to be found in someone else, but in ourselves; we simply awaken it. But in order to do that, we need the other person. The universe only makes sense when we have someone to share our feelings with.

The boy could see in his father's gaze a desire to be able, himself, to travel the world—a desire that was still alive, despite his father's having had to bury it, over dozens of years, under the burden of struggling for water to drink, food to eat, and the same place to sleep every night of his life.

Happiness is the only goal worth pursuing

It said that the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn.

We see the evil in others because we know the evil in ourselves. We never forgive those whou wound us because we believe that we would never be forgiven. We say the painful truth to others because we want to hide it from ourselves. We show our strength, so that no one can see our frailty. That is why, whenever you judge your brother, be aware that it is you who is in the dock.

when god wants to drive a person insane, he grants that person's every wish

They have the qualities of water: flowing around rocks, adapting to the course of the river, sometimes forming into a lake until the hollow fills to overflowing, and they can continue on their way, because water never forgets that the sea is its destiny and that sooner or later it must be reached.

Mi corazón tiene miedo de sufrir -dijo el muchacho al Alquimista, una noche en que miraban al cielo sin luna. -Explícale que el miedo a sufrir es peor que el propio sufrimiento.

There is no happiness in having and getting, only in giving.

If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible (By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept)

If I can understand what's going on in the world, I can understand what's going on inside myself